Alphonzo Rawls

Alphonzo Rawls, also known as Alf, is a goofy-footed American professional skateboarder and footwear designer. He grew up skating at the Del Mar Skate Ranch and McGill's skatepark, and after being courted but never signed by Powell Peralta and Dogtown his first sponsor was H-Street. He later rode for Bitch Skateboards, a company founded by Sal Rocco, the brother of Steve Rocco. An accomplished vert and street skater, he was the first to perform a backside tailslide and a kickflip indy on vert, he coined the term big-spin for a trick invented by Brian Lotti, and he was on the cover of the November 1992 issue of Thrasher doing a backside smith grind. He now designs footwear for skate and non-skate brands.